#CDBDA5#CDBDA5

#CDBDA5 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.037 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBDA5
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(36, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 1.76, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 14.30, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0078 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.037 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1658, 52.0920, 43.0021)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBDA5 #A5B5CD

analogous

#CDA9A5 #CDBDA5 #C9CDA5

triadic

#CDBDA5 #A5CDBD #BDA5CD

tetradic

#CDBDA5 #A5CDA9 #A5B5CD #CDA5C9

square

#CDBDA5 #A5CDA9 #A5B5CD #CDA5C9

split-complementary

#CDBDA5 #A5C9CD #A9A5CD

monochromatic

#9F8358 #B7A07E #CDBDA5 #E3DACC #F4F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDBDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CDBDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBDA5

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBDA5	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BDA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.037 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd0bf',
    500: '#cdbda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbda5;
$custom-light: #dcd0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80532,
    "c": 0.03746,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBDA5

secondary

#7486A2

accent

#68A73E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBDA5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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